It's a scene repeated endlessly at most of Southeast Asia's main airports — planes forced to circle overhead or idle on the tarmac and travelers stuck in long lines at immigration desks, security checkpoints and baggage carousels.

And it's likely to get worse in capitals like Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Bangkok and Manila in years to come as overcrowded airports and outdated infrastructure are twinned with a huge spike in the number of aircraft in the region.

Southeast Asian carriers have ordered $47 billion worth of aircraft for the coming decade but the deals could be under threat because of the inability of airports to keep pace. That could be a blow to manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus.

There was good news a few days ago as Hong Kong will get its badly needed third runway, but again, this needs time to become a reality, they speak already of at least two years of enviromental studies first, that's before they will ever begin to plan and finance the new runway!

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